For umbrellas or parasols



(No Model.)

. E. L. GLENN. FASTENING FOR UMBRELLA'S' 0R PARASOLS.'

No. 540,488. Patented June 4, 1895;

INVENTOR relate erect.

EDMUND L. GLENN, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 'ASSIGNOR TO Fixst r-sNiNc oe 'UMBRELLAS OR PARAsons $PECIFiATIONZforming part of Letters Patent No. 540,488, dated June 4, 1895. V

- 1 Application filed December 23,1593. Serial ma mas. (No model.)'

To aZZ whomiti micty comer-n.-

Be it known that LiEDMUND L. GLENN, a

citizen of theUnited States, residing in the. city and county--,i:of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement ineFastenings for Umbrellas or Parasols, which-improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a fastening for um brellas' or parasols "comprising a jaw which is.

pivoted to the runner thereof, and operative mechanism whereby said jaw may be placed in obtuse, acute or right-angular positionson the stick, as will be hereinafter fully de-. scribed.

It also consists of a sheath protectively in-: closing the parts of the fastening as will be" hereinafter described.

Figures 1 and 2 represent vertical sections,

at a right angle to each other, of a fastening; Figs. 3 and 4 rep-' resent vertical sections thereof, showing theembodying my invention.

portion of the invention.

Similar letters oflreference indicate corre-L sponding parts inthe several figures.

Referring to' the'drawings, A designates the stick of an umbrella, and B designates the ed thereon as: usual".

ner is an ear G, on which is hung the annular may be placed in either an obtuse, acute or.

right angle to the stick. The side of the jawoppositeto the axis thereof is provided with an eye, J,f'through which "the bar E freely passes, said bar having'a shoulder K, which is located above said eye and adapted to abut against the latter, as shown in Fig. 1.

The collar F has a longitudinal slot so that Fig. 5 repre it may freely slide on the runner without inbrella, which is shown closed in Fig. 3, is to be opened, the sleeve D is pushed against the jaw H, and until said jaw assumes a rightangular or somewhat right-angular position, when owing to the connection of said jaw with 1 'the runner, the latter slides on the stick, with .the sleeve D following it, (see Fig. 2) untilthe umbrella is opened, when the sleeve is letgo. 'The downward pressure on the runner causes the ear G to lower the axial end of the jaw,

" and thus plaoe said jaw at an obtuse angle or obliquely on the stick, as in Fig.4, thus causing 'VVhen the umbrella is to be closed,the sleeve D is drawn downwardly, whereby the eye-side of the jaw is lowered and the jaw placed at a right angle or approximately at a right angle to the stick, when the runner is unlocked and the umbrella may be closed. When the runner reaches its closed position, the upward pressure of the same, due to the tendency of *the umbrella to open, causes'said runner to draw the axial-end of the jaw, and place said jaw at an acute angle or obliquely on the stick, opposite that shown'in Fig. 4, and thus t the jaw bites the stick and holds the um- }brella closed as will be seen in Fig. 3.

runner thereof, the stretchers 0 being mount'-' Connected with the sleeve D and collar F,

and movable therewith, is a sheath M, which encircles said sleeve, the collar, the runner, the ear, the bar and jaw, thus inclosing the parts of the fasteningan'd preventing the hand from contacting therewith or being injured by the same, especially during the motions of the jaw. jaw H, whose inner diameter is somewhat; greater than that of the stick, so that the jaw;

As the collar F slides on the runner and the sleeve D slides on the stick, the sheath M which is connected with both will move without buckling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of an umbrella runner, with a fastener comprising a jaw pivoted to said runner and adapted to bite an umbrella stick, a sleeve below the runner adapted to move on the stick and abar rigidly connected with the sleeve, lnovably connected with the runner and operatively connected with the jaw, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an umbrella runner with a jaw pivoted to said runner and adapted to bite an umbrella stick a sleeve below the runner adapted to move on the stick and a shouldered bar rigidly connected with the sleeve, passing freely through an eye in the jaw and connected with a collar which is movably fitted on the runner, substantially as described.

3. The combination of an umbrella runner, :5

with a fastener comprising a jaw pivoted to said runner and adapted to bite an umbrella stick, a sleeve below said runner adapted to move on the stick, a bar rigidly connected with the sleeve, movably connected with the 20 runner and operatively connected with the jaw, and a sheath which incloses the parts of the fastener and is attached to the sleeve and collar thereof, substantially as described.

EDMUND L. GLENN. 'Witnesses:

WM. H. SHALLCROSS, FRED. W. CASSIDY. 

